Abstract
This chapter describes how the municipal art museums in Birmingham, Liverpool, and Manchester continued the idea of art as providing a means of engaging with subject, story, and morality through public lectures and through published catalogues and guidebooks. The artistic search for beauty and truth has helped bolster the museum movement, but also contradicted any easy resolution to the tensions and doubts of the age. The Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery, Liverpool's Walker Art Gallery and the Manchester City Art Gallery have published a variety of catalogues, both of temporary exhibitions and of their permanent collections, at different prices. All three museums pursued definite collection and education policies as part of a project to bring beauty, truth, and story into the lives of their citizens. Thus, the success of the museums resulted in novel policies to suit the public.
Sign-in/Register to access full text options 
Free) 
Talk to us
Join us for a 30 min session where you can share your feedback and ask us any queries you have
Schedule a call
